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Multi-periodSite Name: Tell Sawwan Alternative Name: Ancient Samarra, SoumaCountry: Iraq
NOTE: This site is 21.09 km away from the location you searched for.
Type: Ancient Village or Settlement
Nearest Town: Samarra Nearest Village: Tell Sawwan
Latitude: 34.198460N Longitude: 43.874240E
Condition:
5 | Perfect |
4 | Almost Perfect |
3 | Reasonable but with some damage |
2 | Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site |
1 | Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks |
0 | No data. |
-1 | Completely destroyed |
5 | Superb |
4 | Good |
3 | Ordinary |
2 | Not Good |
1 | Awful |
0 | No data. |
5 | Can be driven to, probably with disabled access |
4 | Short walk on a footpath |
3 | Requiring a bit more of a walk |
2 | A long walk |
1 | In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find |
0 | No data. |
5 | co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates |
4 | co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map |
3 | co-ordinates scaled from a bad map |
2 | co-ordinates of the nearest village |
1 | co-ordinates of the nearest town |
0 | no data |
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Ancient Village or Settlement in Iraq
During the Chalcolithic Samarran Culture between ca. 5500 and 4800 BCE, the area was relatively densely inhabited thanks to evidence of irrigation and a highly organized social structure. This marked the transition between nomadic and settled living. Much finely-made and decorated was found. It is believed the Samarran Culture was the precursor to the Ubaid period Mesopotamian culture, which preceded the classical Uruk Sumerian civilisation. The area of the present archaeological site covered by vast amounts of mudbrick but this dates from later periods.
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